Schools All Set For 2023 IRFU X Rugby 7s National Finals

St. Mary’s College RFC in Dublin will host the one-day event with each team playing 3 x 14 minute games in the hope of reaching a Cup or Bowl final.

Both the Senior and Junior Competitions feature two schools from each province, all qualifying from regional events.

X Rugby 7s is a seven-a-side format of the game played cross-pitch. It’s popularity within Irish Rugby continues to grow as a way of attracting new players into the sport.

It offers all the fun and core skills of rugby union without the need for 30 players or a full-size pitch.

It was also recently announced as a format of choice for Community Games Clubs, Counties and Provinces in a new partnership with Irish Rugby.

April 26^th 2023

IRFU Senior & Junior Girls Schools  X Rugby 7s National Finals

St. Mary’s College RFC, Templeville Road, Dublin 6W.

 

2023 IRFU Senior Girls Schools X Rugby 7s National Finals:

Eligibility: (DOB 01/01/2004 – 30/06/2007)

Senior Girls Group A:

• Convent of Mercy Roscommon (Connacht)
• Ardgillan College (Leinster)
• Anne’s Community College Killaloe (Munster)
• Royal School Armagh (Ulster)

Senior Girls Group B:

• Mercy College Sligo (Connacht)
• Loreto Secondary School Wexford (Leinster)
• Sacred Heart Secondary School Clonakilty (Munster)
• Enniskillen Royal Grammar School (Ulster)

FIXTURES:

Senior Group A Round Robin:

11:40 – Convent of Mercy Roscommon v Ardgillan College , Pitch 1

11:40 – St. Anne’s Community College v Royal School Armagh, Pitch 2

12:40 – Royal School Armagh v Ardgillan College, Pitch 1

12:40 – Convent of Mercy Roscommon v St. Anne’s Community College Killaloe, Pitch 2

13:40 – St. Anne’s Community College Killaloe v Ardgillan College, Pitch 1

13:40 – Convent of Mercy Roscommon v Royal School Armagh, Pitch 2

Senior Group B Round Robin:

12:00 – Mercy College Sligo v Loreto Secondary School Wexford, Pitch 1

12:00 – Sacred Heart Clonakilty v Enniskillen Royal Grammar School, Pitch 2

13:00 – Sacred Heart Clonakilty v Mercy College Sligo, Pitch 1

13:00 – Loreto Secondary School Wexford v Enniskillen Royal Grammar School, Pitch 2

14:00 – Enniskillen Royal Grammar School v Mercy College Sligo, Pitch 1

14:00 – Loreto Secondary School Wexford v Sacred Heart Clonakilty, Pitch 2

15:00 IRFU Senior Girls Schools X Rugby 7s National Cup Final, Pitch 1

15:00 IRFU Senior Girls Schools X Rugby 7s National Plate Final, Pitch 2

All fixtures subject to change.

IRFU Junior Girls Schools X Rugby 7s National Finals:

Eligibility: Ages 14 – 15 (DOB 01/01/2004 – 30/06/2007)

Junior Girls Group A:

• Colaiste Mhuire Ballygar (Connacht)
• Wilson’s Hospital School (Leinster)
• Anne’s Community College Killaloe (Munster)
• Royal School Armagh (Ulster)

Junior Girls Group B:

• Clifden Community School (Connacht)
• Presentation Secondary School Wexford (Leinster)
• Sacred Heart Clonakilty (Munster)
• Devenish College Enniskillen (Ulster)

FIXTURES:

Junior Girls Group A Round-Robin:

11:40 – Colaiste Mhuire Ballygar v Wilson’s Hospital School, Pitch 3

11:40 – St. Anne’s Community College Killaloe v Royal School Armagh, Pitch 4

12:40 – Wilson’s Hospital School v St. Anne’s Community College Killaloe, Pitch 3

12:40 – Royal School Armagh v Colaiste Mhuire Ballygar, Pitch 4

13:40 – Colaiste Mhuire Ballygar v St. Anne’s Community College Killaloe, Pitch 3

13:40 – Royal School Armagh v Wilson’s Hospital School, Pitch 4

Junior Girls Group B Round-Robin:

12:00 – Clifden Community School v Presentation Secondary School Wexford, Pitch 3

12:00 – Sacred Heart Clonakilty v Devenish College Enniskillen, Pitch 4

13:00 – Presentation Secondary School Wexford v Sacred Heart Clonakilty, Pitch 3

13:00 – Clifden Community School v Devenish College Enniskillen, Pitch 4

14:00 – Sacred Heart Clonakilty v Clifden Community School, Pitch 3

14:00 – Devenish College Enniskillen v Presentation Secondary School Wexford, Pitch 4

14:40 IRFU Junior Girls Schools X Rugby 7s National Cup Final, Pitch 3

14:40 IRFU Junior Girls Schools X Rugby 7s National Plate Final, Pitch 4

All fixtures subject to change.

IRFU X Rugby 7s – What are the key game play features of the National Finals?

Games are 7-a-side. Squads are made up of 14 players in total and up to 12 players can be used in a single game. Subs are rolling.

Games are 14 minutes in total ( 7 minutes per half)

It’s 3 v 3 in the set piece, but scrums are uncontested and there is no lifting permitted in the line-out. All penalties are tapped with defence back 5m.

Tries are not converted and to restart the game, the team who has conceded a try restarts from half-way with a tap-and-pass.

Juniors play cross pitch (70m x 50m) with the 5m lines acting as the try line and the touch line as the dead-ball line. There’s also a 7m safety zone between pitches.

Seniors play full pitch (60m x 100m) using the standard try line, but the sideline is the 5m line.

If teams are level at the final whistle in the final, 5 minutes of extra time will be played.   At the end of 5 mins, if teams are still level, the team who scored the first try in the game will be declared the winner.

If no team has scored in the match, then a further 5 mins of extra time will be played where Golden Try rule applies.

 

Previous Winners:

2022 IRFU Senior Girls Schools X Rugby 7s National Finals:

Senior Cup Winners: East Glendalough

Senior Cup Runners-Up: Mount St. Michaels

Senior Plate Winners: Sacred Heart Westport

Senior Plate Runners Up: Coláiste Íosgáin

 2022 IRFU Junior Girls Schools X Rugby 7s National Finals:

Junior Cup Winners: Dominican College Wicklow

Junior Cup Runners-Up: Wilson’s Hospital School

Junior Plate Winners: Enniskillen Royal Grammar

Junior Plate Runners Up: Colaiste Mhuire Ballygar

 

Squads – Senior Schools:

CONVENT OF MERCY ROSCOMMON: Caoimhe Walsh, Rachel McDonald, Eadaoin Walsh, Katie O’Connor, Isabelle Quinn, Eabha Dowd, Sarah Purcell, Siofra Hession, Megan Donohue, Jennifer Morris, Shauna Walsh, Jenny Flynn, Emily Murray, Rachel Kilcoyne.

ARDGILLAN COLLEGE:

ST ANNE’S COMMUNITY COLLEGE KILLALOE (Senior): Rebecca Rogers, Emily Byrne, Alannah O’Donovan, Amy Reilly, Alice Walsh, Anna Hanly, Karen O’Mahony, Natasha Crotty, Ellie McEvoy, Roisin Mockler, Alana McKeogh, Sarah McNamara, Ellen O’Shaughnessy, Fionnuala O’Rahilly.

ROYAL SCHOOL ARMAGH (Senior):Abbie Lindsay, Kaitlyn Graham, Katie Rolston, Lucy Calvin, Megan Rainey,Lily Reaney, Sarah Johnston, Rowenna Thompson, Victoria Lee, Cherry Chan, Lois Trimble, Darcy Fehnert, Rachel Simons, Kate Berry.

MERCY COLLEGE SLIGO: Eva WHite, Aimee Smith, Nessa O’Sullivan, Ailbhe O’Rourke, Sara Mostafa, Xena Morgan, Failenn McLoughlin, Sarah Maye, Lydia Marshall, Melissa Higgins, Poppy Garvey, Ellie Filan, Maeve Donlon.

LORETO SECONDARY SCHOOL WEXFORD: Robyn O’Connor, Rachel Dempsey, Naoise McManus, Roisin Dempsey, Annie Davis, Clea Stuart, Flora Doran, Molly O’Gorman, Sinead Barron, Ellie O’Mahony, Bronagh Boggan, Emma Walsh, Niamh Dempsey, Aoife Cullen.

SACRED HEART SECONDARY SCHOOL CLONAKILTY (Senior): Eabha Egan, Kate Nolan, Sinead O’Mahony, Amy Giles, Caoimhe McCarthy, Orla Whelton, Aoife Godwin Coombs, Tara Fleming, Alannah Ni Dhonnabhain, Alison McCarthy, Alison Brennan, Sara O’Sullivan, Riona Collins, Ella O’Sullivan.

ENNISKILLEN ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL: Scarlett Keys, Niamh Johnston, Chloe Moore, Abi Brock, Victoria Benson, Aimee Ross, Anna Wilson, Amanda Farrell, Olivia Beavis, Olivia Black, Victoria Murray, Leah Irwin, Freya Brennan, Gemma Elliott.

Squads – Junior Schools:

COLÁISTE MHUIRE BALLYGAR: Olivia Kelly, Megan Crehan, Mollie Coleman, Ciara Downey, Emma Heavey, Celine Gacquin, Katie Ann Gacquin, Anna Mannion, Kiera Trayers, Roisin McAuley, Elizabeth Coyle, Meabh Trayers, Emma Walsh, Caoimhe Molloy.

WILSON’S HOSPITAL SCHOOL: Cait Clerk, Sinead Bowers, Emer Donnelly, Eabha OMahony, Eva CawleY, Izzy O’Neill, Emma Harding, Casey Foran, Ivet Casas, Diana Izekor, Emma Wiseman, Megan McGovern, Catherine Deposki, Saoirse Byrne.

ST ANNE’S COMMUNITY COLLEGE KILLALOE (Junior): Emer Gilmartin, Muireann Houlihan, Charlie Dillon, Emily Darcy, Lucy Pearl, Ellie Hennelly, Hannah O’Shaughnessy, Clara Bigot, Evia Hass, Louise Fahy, Meg Mulcahy, Isobel Quinn, Sophie O’Neill

ROYAL SCHOOL ARMAGH (Junior): Amber O’Neill, Sarah Mcbride, Abigail Tuvalazana, Ruby O’ Neill, Katie Kellet, Antonia Ryan, Georgina Todd, Hannah Watterson, Lily Alderdice, Hanna McMullan, Honor Buwulda, Mallaidh Connolly, Chloe Lester, Ellen Lindsay.

CLIFDEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL:

PRESENTATION SECONDARY SCHOOL WEXFORD: Viktorija Kubiliute, Roisin Reville, Megan Sinnott, Ciara Rossiter, Rebekah Turner, Grace Roche, Amy Doyle, Mia Moran Curran, Ciara Furlong, Joslin Esttaifan, Erin Daly Furlong, Alannah Hayes Popplewell, Aine Lynch, Izzy Cullen.

SACRED HEART SECONDARY SCHOOL CLONAKILTY (Junior): Saoirse O’Sullivan, Clodagh McCarthy, Leona Arra, Niamh Hilliard, Emer Moroney, Sophie Bell, Kaye Burton, Charlotte McCabe, Roxanne Llewellin, Aideen O’Sullivan, Orlaith Finn, Ciara O’Driscoll, Elva McCauley, Maria O’Donovan.

DEVINISH COLLEGE ENNISKILLEN: Alice Seaney, Rowena Kells, Julia Mulligan, Rebecca Read, Alice Reynolds, Sarah Johnston, Lilly Campbell, Ellie Gordon, Kelly Burford, Aerin Daley, Abigail Kernaghan, Karla Croizer, Carrie McCourt, Mia McGrath.